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Why EVs Have Been Slow to Catch On in Japan

Toyota has been dominant in the hybrid market but sees new product categories as a threat/nToyota assumed that switching to EVs would be simple/nJapan focused on hydrogen fuel cells and not EVs as much/nJapan's subsidies for hydrogen-powered cars are larger than for EVs/nSlow EV charging infrastructure in Japan is a barrier for consumers

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